Pictures of the day: 7 December 2012

Thousands of people admire the Kobe Luminarie illuminations in Kobe, Japan. Some 200,000 electric bulbs are lit up for the annual event which began in 1995 to commemorate the victims of the Hanshin Awaji Great Earthquake. Send your photos of Christmas lights to mypic@telegraph.co.ukPicture: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images